Ascending Grapefern vs Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Lionycteris spurrelli

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Chestnut Long-tongued Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Botrychium	Lionycteris
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Lionycteris spurrelli

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

The Chestnut Long-tongued Bat (Lionycteris spurrelli) is a species in the genus Lionycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.